Special Events / Excursion

During the week of the festival the following special events will be held:

Opening reception – Welcome drink

One hour prior to the start of the 1st session, a welcome reception will be held at the Sheraton veranda with the unique view. It will provide a wonderful opportunity to meet the other players in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere and enjoy a drink before the play begins.

Excursion

In the middle of the festival week, an excursion is organized as to provide the participants with the opportunity to view some of the magnificent landscapes of Rhodes. Usually the excursion is by boat, when a trip around a few of the most beautiful beaches in the east coast of the island is run. If the weather permits –and it usually does at this time of year- swimming in the open sea, dives from aboard, a marvelous lunch and lots of drinks create a fantastic atmosphere and a memorable experience.

Gala Dinner - Awards Ceremony

The closing event of the festival is held on the last night, 26th of August 2016, in the beautiful terrace around Sheraton’s pool. The participants are entertained with a dj set during the marvelous dinner, whereas special events emphasizing on the local ‘color’ like traditional Greek dancing warm up the atmosphere for the peak of night, the awards ceremony. A round of applause accompanies the numerous winners receiving the silver cups and the handsome money awards. Needless to say that the conclusion of the event finds everyone happy, drunk and dancing.

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KRZYSZTOF MARTENS

Born 1952 in a bridge – playing family. Every weekend his parents played rubber-bridge with neighbours, or friends, That`s why he started playing bridge as a teenager, and semi-professionally in 1970. Married, daughter is 26 and son 23, students.

Many times in my trainers career I have seen too great expectations of players. They were anxious to jump from advanced to the expert level in short time. It is not an easy work. The secret consist in collecting a lot of small achievements in all fields of bridge play. On the way to mastery one has to make hundreds of small steps. Very few succeeded in achieving their purpose by themselves. Whatever is required it is inspirer. The proper one will lay out the task and then help in reaching it. I have marked the part for myself.

On the base of the long experience as a player as well as a trainer I have written a series of text books helping an advanced player to become a master and a talented pair to rise its professional qualification. There is a blank I want to fill and switch the energy of players in the right direction. In the job one can easy make a great mistake. It`s more than enough to assume that all have the same needs as I, or to think, that I`ll be able to anticipate those needs without questioning and listening to them. The major part of my instructions makes the answer to real demands. I have written down all remarks and questions of my “students” very carefully.

I have found pleasure and satisfaction in noticing talented players. I believe in extraordinary potential of human spirit. The great poet and dreamer J. W. Goethe said: “Take a man according to his potential and you make him great”. Take a player like a master and you`ll make him the real one.

Exposing the hidden in people around us potential, layers of ingeniousness awaiting exploration and curbing it`s a big art, but also great challenge for an ambitious trainer and teacher.

Achievements:

Team European Championships

1981 - Birmingham Gold Medal

1989 - Turku Gold Medal

1991 - Killarney Bronze Medal

1993 - Menton Gold Medal

2001 - Tenerife Bronze Medal

Bermuda Bowl

1981 - New York Bronze Medal

1989 - Perth Bronze Medal

1991 - Yokohama Silver Medal

2002 - Paris Bronze Medal

Bridge Olympic Games

1980 - Valkenburg

1984 - Seattle Gold Medal

1988 - Venice

1996 - Rhodes

Europe Cup

1984 - Malmo Gold medal as a member of 'Czarni' team

2009 – Silver Medal in European Pairs Championship – San Remo

Career Coaching Record

1992 - 95 Educator of the Israeli National Team

1997 Consultant of the Dutch Open Team

1997 - 99 Coach of the Dutch National Women’s Team, which won World Championship in 2000

1997 Coach of the German National Teams in all categories

1998 Consultant of the Austrian National Team

1997 - 2000 Educator in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon

1999 NPC captain of the Lebanon National Team during the EC in Malta

2000 - 2002 Coach of the German National Women’s Team, bronze medal in the Bridge Olympiad in Maastricht and gold medal in World Championship in Paris